prankster

The possibility that it was a prankster on the radio may not be 0%.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 11, 2026

At roughly the same time, a 16-year-old prankster from Ohio named Jake Paul was posting six-second Vine videos - chatting to pineapples in supermarkets and climbing into strangers' shopping trolleys for a laugh.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025

With that in mind, the shadow cockroach “Angels” projects into your kitchen may be just a bit of Peter Pan-esque play from an inveterate digital prankster.

From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025

He is his own niche, a prankster who holds up a funhouse mirror to humanity and makes you wonder if the resultant image is more revealing than a normal one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

He was almost impossible to overlook, in fact, if only because he was a chatterbox and a prankster and he made himself conspicuous.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Naive, blundering hobbyists and reckless pranksters can also veer into restricted airspace, setting off alarms and potentially shutting down airport traffic.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

But like generations of pilgrims, dropouts, and merry pranksters before him, what he discovered on that journey was his mission.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025

The Fresno impersonators’ social media stunt comes two weeks after apparent YouTube pranksters pulled off a fake raid of their own at San Francisco City Hall by pretending to be Department of Government Efficiency workers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025

In recent years, police have been also cracking down on pranksters who have committed "sushi terrorism" in sushi conveyor belt restaurants, such as licking communal soy sauce bottles and squashing sushi meant for diners.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025

As news broke that the Martians had reached the Midwest, the pranksters lit firecrackers in the basement and flicked off the electricity.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow